National Security, Language, and Culture

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. We focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.

For more information about Boren Scholarships or Fellowships, click on the links to the right. If you are ready to apply, click apply now. If you want to see if Boren is right for you, click on the link below.

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The Awards Programs

Boren Scholarships

Opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests.

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Boren Fellowships

Encouraging U.S. graduate students to add an important language component to their educations.

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Application deadlines

Deadlines for 2009-10 academic year have passed. Applications for the 2010-11 academic year will be available in August 2009.

For the 2010-11 application, the Boren Fellowship deadline for graduate students is January 28, 2010 and the Boren Scholarship deadline for undergraduate students is February 10, 2010.  Note that each college and university sets its own internal deadline for the Boren Scholarships.  Please see your campus representative for more information.

The Language Flagship Fellowships

Opportunities for U.S. students to achieve a superior level of fluency in languages critical to U.S. competitiveness and security.
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News

Student Profile: Boren Fellowship winner, Russ Burns

June 23, 2009
Russ Burns grew up in Banner Elk, a small town in North Carolina, and he went to college about 75 m...
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Student Awarded Scholarship From US State Department

June 10, 2009
Canisius College sophomore Candace B. Lukasik is a recipient of a Critical Language Scholarship (CL...
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Scholarship sends student to Egypt

June 5, 2009
Western student and German and Arabic major Dana Rafter won a scholarship, which will provide him w...
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Events

Campus Representative Workshop - Las Vegas

August 25, 2009, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Details will be provided later, this event will take place in Las Vegas, NV.
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Campus Representative Workshop - Raleigh

August 28, 2009, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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Campus Representative Workshop - Chicago

September 2, 2009, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Details will be provided later, this meeting will take place in Chicago, IL
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